Readership
of MaltaToday grew by a staggering 152 percent in under twelve
months. This is the conclusion of a survey carried out by ‘Informa’
consultants. The survey confirms that MaltaToday is the fastest
growing newspaper on the island with 4.3 percent of the newspaper
market share compared to the 6.4 percent of it’s main rival,
The Malta Independent on Sunday.
MaltaToday stood at 1.7 percent a year ago. The survey was carried
out after the elections. MaltaToday’s increased readership
is reflected in this newspaper’s sales records which have
shot up during the last year. The Malta Independent on Sunday
dropped by 6 percent during the same period.

It is a truism that no country can move forward unless it comes
to terms with its past. Malta is a case in point, and much of
what happened in its recent past remains shrouded in mystery,
with much more being known in private than people are prepared
to admit in public. ..

Dom Mintoff, the autocratic well-off former Labour leader and
Maltese premier wooed by the PN during the 1996/1998 two-year
Alfred Sant stint offered Cecil Pace, then Malta’s business
magnate, to accept the offer of deputy leader of the Labour party...

It could have been midsummer madness that made the usually scrupulous
magistrate make his, not so funny, quip. Often things are said
in jest and immediately regretted and it is not easy to guess
what was going through Lawrence Quintano’s mind before he
made it...

Matthew Vella
Labour MP and shadow spokesperson for home affairs Gavin Gulia
has confirmed that he is actively collecting signatures for the
petition started by residents and backed by rebel Nationalist
MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando against plans for two temporary landfills
between Ghar Lapsi and Wied iz-Zurrieq...

For long he was seen as Dr Alfred Sant’s right-hand man,
a loyal serf, who pandered to the voracious appetite of the die-hard
Labour masses. But an electoral drubbing and a subtle witch-hunt
to search for palatable scapegoats have left Labour president
Manuel Cuschieri out in the cold.